Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965095AbWLMTqX (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:46:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965096AbWLMTqX (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:46:23 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:36282 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965095AbWLMTqW (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:46:22 -0500 Subject: Re: Question: removal of syscall macros? From: Arjan van de Ven To: Teunis Peters Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <45804B99.2060008@wintersgift.com> References: <45804B99.2060008@wintersgift.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Intel International BV Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:46:19 +0100 Message-Id: <1166039179.27217.883.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.2.1 (2.8.2.1-2.fc6) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 815 Lines: 22 On Wed, 2006-12-13 at 10:51 -0800, Teunis Peters wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Now that syscall macros have been pulled from the -mm tree, what method > is recommended to use syscalls? > > (I've wasted a day grubbing through sources before giving up and copying > the old syscall macros into one key driver) > > _syscall macros are used by: > ATI driver (no choice. I'm working with laptops) .. which uses it to call mprotect() from inside the driver. That's a nice security hole right there... better ask ATI to fix it urgently :) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/